Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein
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Elementary Facts

• Born April 28, 1937 in Tikrit
• Born to poor farming family was raised by
  widowed mother and other relatives (he had no
  father figure during his childhood)
• Attended secondary school in Iraq as well as
  Syria and Egypt
• Graduated college from the College of Law in
  Cairo

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Political Seeds

• Joined Arab Baath Socialist Party (which was
  against the government) in 1956
• Arrested while in secondary school for six months
  from 1958 - 1959
• Sentenced to death in February 1960
• Escaped to Syria in 1962
• Returned to Iraq a year later

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Seeds cont.

• Arrested for being part of Baath Party a second
  time
• While still in jail, selected as Deputy-Secretary
  General of Baath party
• Escaped imprisonment in 1967 to take over his
  leadership role in the Baath party
• Led party members to take over Presidential
  Palace in July 1968

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Seeds (even more)

• Personally in charge of operation to purge the
  government
• Was second in command after taking control of
  Iraq government to Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
• Was in control of Iraqi government prior to 1979
  due to Hassan al-Bakr poor heart conditions

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President Hussein

• Elected President of Iraq on July 16, 1979
• Defeated an aggression in 1980 that was led by
  Ayatollah Khomeini
• Has modernized the Iraqi economy by strengthening
  industries and the growth of agriculture
• Has defended his country against the invasion of
  33 different countries, including the US

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Bad idea Saddam

• Attacked Kuwait in 1990
• Entire world (especially Arab countries) furious
  over attack
• Start of Persian Gulf War
• President George Bush led US into war to force
  Iraqi troops out of Kuwait

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Deaf Saddam

• UN told Saddam not to stop attacking Kuwait
  Saddam didnt listen
• UN declared ban on all trade with Iraq due to
  disobedience
• UN sent force of 700,000 troops against Husseins
  300,000
• Saddam didnt budge an inch

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His Perspective

• Kuwait was rich in oil, which could help Iraqi
  economy
• Believed no other country had the right to
  interfere
• No defined geographical barrier between Iraq and
  Kuwait, just political barriers which Saddam
  disliked

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Lingering affects

• Iraqs air defense was destroyed
• Saddams communication network in Iraq was
  destroyed
• All major government buildings, weapon plants,
  and travel ways were destroyed
• Consequences devastating for the country of Iraq

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Where did he go?

• Saddam had to keep moving from place to place due
  to the destruction and swift movement of UN
  ground forces
• Saddam was forced to hide in underground bunkers
• Had to suppress uprisings from his own country
  men after Bush declared cease-fire

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Aftermath

• Forced to re-organize all that was destroyed in
  war government, communication network, and trade
  with foreign countries
• Condemned by the entire world
• Re-establish country as respectable, along with
  his personal image

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Hated Saddam

• Disliked by most of the world due to his over
  aggressive nature
• Compared to being the Hitler of the 90s
• Didnt kill as many people as Hitler, but did
  attack and kill many of his people, just like
  Hitler

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Slamming Saddam

• The World has shown how much it hates Saddam
  through cartoons and other media sources
  (Saturday Night Live, etc.)

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Saddam vs. Hitler

• Saddam was supported by the West in the Iraq-Iran
  War of the 1980s
• When Saddam attacked Kuwait he became the next
  Hitler
• His people suffered so he could have more power

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Leadership Gone Bad

• He has the skills that any great leader needs
• Was just elected for his twenty-third term as
  President of Iraq
• Is hated by almost all non-Arab countries as well
  as many Arab countries

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The many faces of Saddam
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Bibliography

• Aldouri, Mohammed. Biography of President Saddam
  Hussein, President of the Republic of Iraq.
  October 3, 2002. lthttp//www.iraqi-mission.org/Sad
  dam/saddamcv.htmgt
• Executive Summary. U.S. Department of State.
  October 20, 2002. lthttp//www.usinfo.state.gov/reg
  ional/nea/iraq/iraq99.htmgt
• Hussein, Saddam. Encarta Encyclopedia.
  Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. CD-ROM.
  1999.
• Life. October 17, 2002. lthttp//www.top-biography.
  com/9004-Saddam20Hussein/life.aspgt

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Bibliography, cont.

• Saddam Hussein and Hitler. Central Committee for
  Conscientious Objectors. October 17, 2002.
  lthttp//www.objector.org/advice/conscientious_obje
  ctor-78.htmlgt
• Tales of the Tyrant. October 20, 2002.
  lthttp//www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/05/bowden.
  htmgt
• Viewpoints No Kudos for Attacking Iraq. World
  Press Review Nov 1996 4-5